Biggest Surprises of the NFL Season with Ollie Connolly
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
4.5 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Gregg Rosenthal is joined by Ollie Connolly of The Read-Optional in London to share what teams and trends have surprised them so far this NFL season. They discuss Drake Maye and the Patriots passing game (1:39), troubling Packers trends (12:00) and Sam Darnold excelling in Seattle (20:00).
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Hey, this is Matt Jones. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Drew Franklin. |
| 0:07.5 | And this is NFL cover zero. |
| 0:10.2 | We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different. |
| 0:15.1 | Did you see the Colts pretzel? |
| 0:16.5 | That was my other big takeaway from that game. |
| 0:17.9 | What was that? |
| 0:18.9 | Oh, my. |
| 0:20.1 | We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining. And twice a week, that is exactly what you're going to get. Listen to NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. You get your podcast. |
| 0:50.9 | Welcome to NFL Daily, where we're still getting over, |
| 0:53.6 | Nick Benito sacking us earlier this week. |
| 0:54.8 | I am Greg Rosenthal. |
| 1:01.5 | I am here in the TalkSport Studios talking to one of my favorite analysts in the game. |
| 1:03.1 | Yes, it's an extra show. |
| 1:04.3 | We're here in London. |
| 1:07.1 | I wanted to have Ali on more than once. |
| 1:07.9 | Ali Connolly. |
| 1:09.2 | Welcome. |
| 1:27.9 | And I love the fact that you are no longer really on Twitter or any social media, so you have no idea what I'm talking about when it comes to Nick Benito. I only know through listening to this show, getting out of the takers fit is fun. You getting burned by the quickest player off the ball in the NFL is one of the highlights of my season. Totally burned. |
| 1:28.7 | And the sad thing is I've talked them up. |
| 1:30.4 | Okay, I've got to get over it. |
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